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The material in this series includes correspondence regarding the conferment of the medal, regarding the purchasing and making of the medal, with Aurel Stein, with press agencies, an invitation to the occasion of the presentation of the medal, and press cuttings regarding the event.

There are four items of correspondence concerning the organisation of the conferment of the Medal.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary RAS, to Lord Zetland, President of RAS, to say that he had unwittingly omitted the matter of the Gold Medal from the Agenda of the last Council Meeting and according to Clause 6 this may mean that the medal could not be presented that year. He had found a letter from Mr Wilson (see RAS TGM/8) regarding the rules of the medal. He asks Lord Zetland's opinion on the matter. Typed copy, dated 27 February 1931.

Note in [Hoysted's hand] to state that at the Council Meeting of 12 March 1931, it was decided that the presentation of the Society's Gold Medal should be postponed until the next session.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to arrange a meeting to discuss the publication of Yumjao Singh's monograph. Typed, dated 21 December 1937.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to ask when Christopher Gimson will be in London. He further writes about consulting copies of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal at the RAS Library. Typed, dated 13 May 1938.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to ask whether he will be in London in September or October to see the manuscript and offer his advice. Typed, dated 24 July 1939.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to confirm the arrival of the manuscript of the monograph at the Society. Typed, dated 16 November 1939.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to say that he could write to Sir George Grierson for his views on the points mentioned by Gimson. Typed, dated 8 January 1940.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to enclose a draft letter to Professor Turner and notes by S. K. Chatterji on the book written in 1933. Handwritten, dated 24 May 1940.